Re: AE PCT Hard Drive Corrupted

["Charlie" <charlied@NOSPAMbboard.com>]

"Mark Cummings" <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au> wrote in message
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> >"Peter Watson" <paw77@N_O_hotmail_S_P_A_M.com> wrote in message
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> > As I've said before, I don't have a PCT or the docs, but it sounds like
> you
> > do. Doesn't it tell you how to create a partition?
>
> quickly scrambles through Waynes .pdf...
>
> ahh, it looks like it is possible, I had always assumed that the PCT had to
> have at least one Transdrive connected as the minimum configuration is drawn
> in with one Transdrive, and mine was working with two originally, although
> not configured for HDD.
> BUT, the proceedure for setting up the ProDOS drive/MSDOS volume seems to
> indicate otherwise. looks to me like the minimum config is One Apple 3.5
> drive on the GS drive port to set up the rest of the system, and later it
> doesn't even seem as though the 3.5 is needed as the PCT can be booted from
> ProDOS then MSDOS all off the HDD. Can anyone confirm if this is right ?

Well, lets see, scrink, scrink, scrink, bonk (sound of drive connector being
disconnected from PC Transporter and then GS booting).  Now, booting PC
Transporter from hard drive image file on ProDOS partition.  OK, confirmed, you
can boot MS/DOS (version 5.0) from the hard drive image without any floppy
drive connected to the PC Transporter.

Its been quite a while (8 to 10 years) since I set up an MS/DOS disk image so I
won't pretend to remember how you go about it.

The PC Transporter does come with a PC program called "Transfer.exe" that can
be used to move files back and forth between ProDOS and the MS/DOS disk image
and as Peter says MUG will do the same from the Apple end.

Incidentally, I have never used a Transdrive with the PC Transporter.  I just
plug my Apple 3.5" 800K drive into the PC Transporter port (do not do this with
a 3.5" UniDisk) and use it for both ProDOS and MS/DOS.  Have you tried that?

Charlie